Genesis 34:22 - Revised Standard Version CI

²² Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But the men will consent to our request that they live among us and be one people only on condition that every male among us be circumcised, as they are.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Common English Bible

²² But the men will agree to live with us and become one people only if we circumcise every male just as they do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

Genesis 34:22 Cross References

Genesis 17:10

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 34:21

“These men are friendly with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.

Genesis 34:23

Will not their cattle, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.”